The Ravening Mob

Police in Islamabad resort to tear gas shells trying to prevented a mob from reaching the French Embassy

Oh dear, blush with shame, dear Madam

for erroneously attributing a howling mob's

screeching lunacy to their flaming anger over

 mocking depictions of the sacred visage of

their prophet, when in fact the primitive rage

emitting from their open-gaped maws 

stretched wide in vehement demands to

obliterate offenders were in fact directed

against their own corrupted government.

Well-balanced, reasonable people of high 

intelligence and fervid religious conviction 

temporarily off-kilter on a permanent basis; 

logic somewhat in abeyance. Islam they claim

equals peace to be achieved post-conquest.

Abject apologies are in order so that in future

such damning errors will not emerge under

your imprimatur even though your entirely

valid description of the mentality of the mob

and its primal screams of hatred and vengeance

reflect an immense gathering of humanity

which somehow managed to avert another sin

their religious devotion complements; the

timely passage into human evolution from 

its origins to its current capacity of cerebral

endowment fit for civilizational advancement.